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Pecten proteus
Taxonomy
Pecten proteus was named by Sowerby (1847). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2991 - Zapato Creek, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Etchegoin Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acanikos, P. albertii, P. arachnoideus, P. benedictus, P. biddeleana, P. cererideditus, P. chathamensis, P. convexior, P. costellorum, P. daudeleus, P. dutrugei, P. fuschi, P. glyptus, P. jeffersonius, P. laevicostatus, P. lenzi, P. nummularis, P. paulensis, P. radula, P. spitzbergensis, P. stearsii, P. tournali, P. validus, P. arachnoideus, P. kikaiensis, P. northamptoni, P. cavanus, P. bellhamellatus, P. nicholsi, P. quotidianus, P. bosniascki, P. serviceus, P. condylomaius, P. jeffersonius, P. byramensis, P. santaecruzensis, P. evergladensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Pecten proteus Sowerby p. 59 figs. Pl. 13, Figs. 53, 54 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Pecten proteus Sowerby 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available